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KY SB 142

died on adjournment

AN ACT relating to affordable housing, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did KY SB 142 pass?

No. KY SB 142 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-10): to State & Local Government (S)

What is KY SB 142 about?

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 198A to define terms; establish the abandoned home pool fund to be administered by the Kentucky Housing Corporation; specify eligible recipients, activities, and uses of fund; amend KRS 64.012 to increase county clerk recording fees and add a $2 fee to be deposited in the abandoned home pool fund; appropriate $25,000,000 from the General Fund to the abandoned home pool fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY, effective July 1, 2026.

Who sponsors KY SB 142?

B. Smith is the primary sponsor of KY SB 142.

Description

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 198A to define terms; establish the abandoned home pool fund to be administered by the Kentucky Housing Corporation; specify eligible recipients, activities, and uses of fund; amend KRS 64.012 to increase county clerk recording fees and add a $2 fee to be deposited in the abandoned home pool fund; appropriate $25,000,000 from the General Fund to the abandoned home pool fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY, effective July 1, 2026.

Introduced
2026-01-30
Latest action
2026-03-10 — to State & Local Government (S)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • B. Smithprimary

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-10

    to State & Local Government (S)

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-30

    to Committee on Committees (S)

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-30

    introduced in Senate

    introduction

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